Jon Shafer's At the Gates

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About

At the Gates is an indie strategy game from Jon Shafer, designer of Civilization 5. You are a dark age lord building a kingdom to replace the crumbling Roman Empire. Manage your clans, explore the landscape around you, harvest its resources, and build a mighty economic and military machine.

Game Details

Developer:Conifer Games
Release:January 23, 2019
Metacritic:63
Platforms:
PC
IndieSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyStrategy

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